The same thing happened in the case of fee exemptions.
It can be argued that, in case of total exemption, the positive impact on poor households would be significant and would contribute to greater equity between the poorest and the richest.
Moreover, the fact that the framework of reference is external does not preclude decisions being taken for internal policy reasons, as it is apparent in the case of user fee exemptions.
This was a 13th-century work by Thomas of Marlborough, which was written to bolster the Evesham's case for exemption from the jurisdiction of the Bishops of Worcester, in whose diocese Evensham was.
In the case of Ghana, cost exemption from the National Health Insurance Scheme and free maternity care including delivery in health facilities for pregnant women have contributed to uptake in health facility delivery [ 17, 18].
In the case of a fee exemption policy, for instance, the result can be expected to be greater in regions with relatively high poverty levels compared to low poverty regions, assuming other barriers are similar.
The 2012 Republican platform affirms that "the Fourteenth Amendment's protections apply to unborn children," and makes no mention of an exemption in the case of rape; Romney supports a rape exemption, which may be one reason why Santorum mentioned the platform first, and the nominee second.
However, there may be exemptions in case of serious health problems which may be important for the group of non-western immigrants of which a large share is refugees (about 50% are refugees or family reunified to a refugee; see Appendix).
